Please pray

In the past I've passed this family's name around as a prayer request. Again, I must draw attention to them and to little Mathew. Below is the website where you can get information about him. Following the web address is today's journal entry.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mathewjgliddon

We are up against the wall... The biopsies that were taken from Mathew's nose are consistent with Aspergillus. Therfore, he will be in surgery @ 7:30 this morning (Saturday) to have it all removed from his nose. What does this mean? It means that 1. he will have an unsupported nose due to cartilidge being removed. 2. Mathew will need plastic surgery in the future. 3. We are unsure about transplant now & when, not anytime soon. 4. Mathew will have open wounds in his nose that will be corrected later. Quite frankly, I am at a loss of words right now. If we wait, the tissue damage can worsen, and certainly one cannot undergo transplant with this in the body. This is a very, very bad fungal infection and it has to be sugically removed. Unfortunately, we are hitting all of the bumps in the road. NORMALCY- that is all we want.... Mathew needs a lot of prayers as well as all of our other friends who are fighting. Baby Kaylie - 2yrs old and a former neighbor next door to us on the 2 nd floor, is also believed to have Aspergillus. Currently, she is in ICU and fighting a hard battle. This is something that is really frustrating for us and although there are different types..... We are concerned.



I can't imagine going through all they have gone through and will continue to..Mathew is only 5 years old!